tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15779774.post113873296041898113..comments2024-03-25T13:58:52.782+00:00Comments on Musings of a Naijaman - a Nigerian man living and blogging in the UK: A rough week,missing reference points and The State of Africauknaijahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14364734451470135447noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15779774.post-1138832143854277602006-02-01T22:15:00.000+00:002006-02-01T22:15:00.000+00:00I have read your comment in response to my comment...I have read your comment in response to my comment. I do not see patronizing. I see the information. I have no information about the time slice just before a "period" of African "pre-independence." I recognize my lack of appropriate context. It is unfortunate for me that I could not provide any friendly assistance.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15779774.post-1138788841415079022006-02-01T10:14:00.000+00:002006-02-01T10:14:00.000+00:00Thanks for visiting my blog and for your advice, b...Thanks for visiting my blog and for your advice, but perhaps the patronising tone of your first sentence answers your own question-how seriously would you take someone who already knows all about you and what you think and are likely to do?<BR/><BR/>I have read Diop and accounts of Volney's work, but I was referring to the immediate pre-independence period in Africa and not the ancient civilisations of Africa.<BR/><BR/>Peace and thank you for visitinguknaijahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14364734451470135447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15779774.post-1138735552534303532006-01-31T19:25:00.000+00:002006-01-31T19:25:00.000+00:00It, of course, will be a very rare day indeed that...It, of course, will be a very rare day indeed that an African fluent in one or more European language would take advice from a Black American seriously. Nevertheless, here is my attempt: never trust history books written by Europeans who are not explicitly conscious of the "past mistakes" of European historians.<BR/><BR/>Do you know who C.F. Volney is? I strongly suggest that you read Pre-Colonial Black Africa by Cheikh Anta Diop. He is our elder with "the appropriate" European credentials. It is better to begin with Diop and then toy with European writings later.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com